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Tulsa Pro - my initial treatment experience

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There are all kinds of limits places put on it. Dr Scionti will do yours most likely, but he goes from urethra to edge has to be less than 30 mm, ideally 25 or less. If it is 30 he might do some shrinking on yours first.

Some places doing studies limit to 3+4, though they don't look at volume of 4 so kind of contradictory. Mayo limits it to that I think and size too I think but they didn't have the machine when I was there so I am not 100% sure. Other places are giving a size limitation up to some number, but better places using distance from urethra to edge. The reason they want size limits (or distance from urethra to edge) is they need to take the temperature up for so many minutes as monitored while in MRI using the latest MRI thermometry techniques, but you should still qualify most places. The bigger the size the harder to take temperature up to full kill temps. You will have to call around, but you should qualify for Dr Scionti and others I am sure.
https://tulsaprocedure.com/find-a-tulsa-pro-center/
I will add, some places might be from urethra to furthest edge of lesion in the prostate instead of edge of prostate.

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Thank you for your quick reply. I am going to complete the paperwork for the York facility and see what the Doctor says and go from there. I don't have an issue traveling if that is what it takes. My Prolaris came back with a recommendation of both Hormone therapy and Radiation and I don't want to do that. If I were going to do radiation it would be Proton and I may do PAE to shrink my prostate first so it is easier all the way around. What I found confusing is they state Tulsa is a BPH treatment as well as cancer so why they can't do both is startling. Did your prostate shrink in size after the treatment?